Display holder



y 1937- L, .J. FELDMAN ET AL I 2,080,467

DISPLAY HOLDER Filed May 5, 1936 I INVENT0R@ 05115 I Fiamaw %lufl M ATTORNEYS Patented May 18, 1937 UNITED STATES FATFENT OFFICE DISPLAY HOLDER Application May 5, 1936, Serial No. 77,910

2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in curtain display holders.

It is an object of the invention to provide an article of this type by means of which persons engaged in the sale of curtains for household use will be provided with a simple compact and inexpensive means of displaying their merchandise.

Another object of the invention is that of providing a curtain display holder which will hold the curtains in a realistic fashion and in the same relative positions as they would be in were they in place on a window frame.

A further object is that of providing a holder by means of which curtains may be held in stock, when not being displayed, in a compact and space saving manner without incurring the danger of wrinkling, soiling, or otherwise damaging the fabric of the curtains.

With these and other objects in mind, reference is had to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective front elevation of a curtain display device embodying one modification of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken along the lines 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation in perspective of a slightly modified type of display holder, while Fig. 4 is an elevation in perspective of a still further type of display holder embodying still another form of the invention.

Referring primarily to Figs. 1 and 2, a display frame is provided which may be formed of wire or other suitable material and which has an upper horizontal member Ill formed with downwardly extending parallel vertical side members II at either end. One of said vertical members II is turned back on itself to form an eyelet opening as at l2. While the end of the other of said vertical members may, for example, be turned back on itself to form a hook or connection I3. Positioned between said vertical members at the lower end thereof is a further horizontal member M, both ends of which are preferably turned back upon themselves to form further eyelet openings, one of which may, for example, be interlocked with the eyelet I2 as at IE to form a hinge, and the other of which engages the hook or catch as at l6 and is detachably coupled thereby.

Midway between the members In and I4 is positioned a further horizontal member I! which is secured to the vertical members I! by spot welding, soldering, or other suitable means as at i8 and I9. One end of the member I1 is thereafter preferably extended beyond the vertical member I l and thereafter bent back upon itself as at to form a handle portion, the end of which is again in turn secured to the vertical member H at 2!. Secured to the member I1 midway between the vertical members II is another vertical member 22, which, as has heretofore been described in connection with the member l1, may be spot-welded, soldered or otherwise suitably secured as at 23. This member is secured in the same manner to the horizontal member 24 and extends upwardly and beyond said member to form a hook portion at 25. As will hereinafter be described, this latter member may be utilized for holding the display device when it is not being demonstrated.

A bracing member 26 may also be secured to each of the vertical members H near the upper ends thereof and extend downwardly and diagonally toward a member I! to join it at a point slightly below said member as at 21. As has been illustrated in the drawing, the member 26 may be integral and simply bent at 21 to the desired shape, or may be formed of two separate pieces and later joined together. The member 26 is secured to the member 21 at 28 and 29 and when so secured forms a brace for the entire structure. ihe one end of the member 23 preferably terminates in a hook or catch portion 30, while the other terminates in an eyelet or hinge portion 3!. Associated with said latter portion is a rod 32 formed with an eyelet 33 for engaging the portion 3|. At the other end of the member 32 is a further eyelet 34 for engaging the hook or catch portion and thus holding the member 32 in detachable contact with said hook portion.

As has been shown in Fig. 3, in addition to the foregoing elongated loop portions 35 may be secured to the vertical members I l adjacent the lower ends thereof and extending outwardly therefrom on each of the same for a purpose which will hereinafter be brought out. Likewise, as has been shown in Fig. 4, extensions 36 may be provided for the vertical members II which are formed with encircling ends 31 secured to the members H above the horizontal member I1 and which additionally have guiding rings 38 encircling the same and said members ll below said horizontal member ll. In order to prevent injury to the user or to the curtains the members 36 are preferably provided with turned back portions 38 at their lower ends.

In use the structures described in the foregoing paragraphs are formed to conform substantially with the dimensions of the ordinary upper window frame. The. rod or member 32 is disconnected from the catch 30 and is introduced into the rod accommodating hems found on the upper edges of ordinary curtains. After the curtains are positioned on rod 32, it is again coupled by means of the rod 32 to the catch 30 and the curtain is then in position as it would be at the top of a window frame. Should the curtains be of the type in which a separate set of curtains is provided for the lower window frame, these curtains are then put in place on the rod or member I4 which is likewise unhooked from the catch I3 and after the curtains are in place is secured in its assembled position. With the curtains in place the frame may then be hung on a rack or pole by means of the hook 25, in much the same manner as women's dresses and similar articles of clothing are now accommodated, and it will thus be apparent that large numbers and varieties of'curtains can be accommodated in a relatively confined area. Should a customer desire to look at any particular set of curtains, the clerk can display the same by grasping the handle member .20 and removing the curtain and display rack from its place of storage and holding it at arms length for the customer to look at.

As shown in Fig. 3, should the curtains be of the type provided with tie-backs, these can be accommodated in the elongated loop portions 35. Should it be desired in particular cases to have the tie-backs positioned lower on the curtains than is possible with the frame such as shown in Fig. 3, the extensions 36 shown in Fig. 4 can be lowered and the tie-backs secured to the bottom thereof. When not being used in this specific manner, these extensions can be raised out of the way, it being noted that the horizontal member l'l prevents the eyelet portions 31 from passing belowthat point and thus limits the extent of travel. It is likewise to be noted in the particular embodiment illustrated that the right hand extension 36 must, of necessity, be slightly longer than the left hand extension, as in the case of the right hand extension the eyelet member 31 contacts the upper end of the handle when it reaches its extended limit.

It is, of course, obvious that in addition to making these devices out of wire or other cylindrical stock as has been illustrated, they might be made with equal success from square or other type of stock and that numerous changes and rearrangements of the parts might be resorted to without in the least departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the claims. It is likewise apparent that in the place of the various hinge and catch members illustrated, other well known and accepted means for accomplishing these ends might be resorted to.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A display holder including, in combination, two spaced vertical members, horizontal members connecting said vertical members at their extremes and a third horizontal member also connecting said vertical members and positioned midway between said first named horizontal members, said last named horizontal member having one end, thereof extending materially beyond one of said vertical members and being thereafter bent back on itself and again secured to said vertical member at spaced relation to the extended portion of said horizontal member, and a brace member comprising two arms of substantially equal lengths, centrally secured to the centrally positioned horizontal member and extending diagonally upward therefrom to said vertical members, and being secured to the latter adjacent the upper ends thereof.

2. A display holder including, in combination, two spaced vertical members, horizontal members connecting said vertical members at their extremes, and a third horizontal member also connecting said vertical members and positioned midway between said first named horizontal members, said last named horizontal member having one end thereof extending materially beyond one of said vertical members and being thereafter bent back on itself and again secured to said vertical member at spaced relation to the extended portion of said horizontal member, a brace secured intermediate its ends to said last named horizontal member and at its ends to said vertical members, and a further vertical member, the lower end of which is secured tosaid centrally positioned horizontal member midway between said first named vertical members and extending upwardly therefrom and secured to said upper horizontal member, and thereafter extending beyond said upper horizontal member and being bent to form a hook portion.

LOUIS J. FELDMAN. MURRAY M. POLEY. 

